HENRY CRILL MERRYDAY, JR. of Tallahassee, FL died February 23, 2020 at age 93. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Embalming in 1949 and went on to become certified as a licensed funeral director by the State of Florida. He then worked with his uncle in the family business, T.J. Beggs Funeral Home in Madison, FL.
HARVEY ALLEN "H.A." ROBERSON of Bethany, MO died February 23, 2020 at the age of 87. A licensed third generation funeral director and embalmer for over 61 years, he served his apprenticeship with his father, Orris Lee Roberson at the Roberson Funeral Home in Jamesport. He worked alongside his wife, Suzanne for 40 years, growing a fourth generation family business....
John "Jack" Kenneth Eickhof passed away on Febru-ary 20, 2020 in St. Paul, MN at the age of 96. Jack was a general contractor and a partner in Otto J. Eickhof and Sons Construction Company for most of his career. He lost a daughter's named Gretchen in a pri-vate airplane accident while she was attending Stanford University in Palo Alto,...
JOHN DAVID REED SR of Webster Springs, WV died February 20, 2020 at the age of 70. A funeral director and embalmer, he was the former owner of Dodd & Reed Funeral Home in Webster Springs and Adams-Reed Funeral Home in Cowen. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, where he served as a past member of the...
MICHAEL WAYNE RANDOLPH of Washington Court House, OH died February 19, 2020 at the age of 39. He was a funeral director and embalmer at the McColaugh Funeral Home in Xenia for eleven years. Most recently, he worked at the Murray-Fettro Funeral Home in Greenfield. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science.
RALPH E. WAITE of Medina, OH died February 18, 2020 at the age of 93. A funeral director, he worked alongside his father, Harold Elliot Waite at the Waite & Son Funeral Home. He continued to own and operate the family business for over 50 years. A graduate of the Cleveland School of Mortuary Science, he was president of the...
ROBERT MARTIN NORTON JR of Parker, CO died February 17, 2020 at the age of 67. He and his wife, Meredith established the Plainview Funeral Home, Inc in Plainview, NY and after moving to Colorado, the Parker Funeral Home, Inc was established in 1992 and later the Elizabeth Funeral Home and Crematory was opened. A member of the National Funeral...
RUTH MARIE PAUL of Williamsburg, KY died February 14, 2020 at the age of 84. A funeral director for 40 years, she and her husband, Carl Paul purchased Ellison Funeral Home in 1971 and continued to own and operate it until 2014.
LESTER GLENN WINTER of Tallmadge, OH died February 13, 2020 at the age of 82. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he was a sales representative for the Dodge Chemical Company for 34 years. He retired in 2005.
DONATO "DANNY" F. DELIBERATO of Garfield Heights, OH died February 13, 2020 at the age of 81. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he owned and operated the Golubski Deliberato Funeral Home since 1971. He was a member of the Cuyahoga Funeral Directors Association, Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the Cleveland Embalmers Association.